Test fixture for testing a multi-port voice processing card and the like

Abstract

An improved test fixture for use preferably in inserting a plurality of RJ11 telephony connectors into a voice processing or similar circuit card is disclosed wherein a hinge like member is utilized in conjunction with a plate in order to simultaneously insert and remove plural RJ11 connectors from mating receptacles.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. Apparatus for inserting multiple RJ11 connectors into a mating receptacle comprising: 
       a base plate;  
       a plate connected to said base plate in a fixed manner;  
       a plurality of wires compressed between the plate and the base plate substantially in parallel;  
       a depression plate rotatably attached to the plate.  
     
     
       2. Apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said base plate and said depression plate are formed from a hinge. 
     
     
       3. Apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said wires are fittingly installed in grooves formed in said base plate or said plate. 
     
     
       4. A method of connecting plural RJ11 connectors to plural RJ11 receptacles comprising the steps of: 
       rotatably mounting a depression plate adjacent a plurality of depression buttons of said plural RJ11 connectors;  
       utilizing said depression plate to substantially simultaneously depress said plurality of depression buttons of said plural RJ11 connectors; and  
       inserting said RJ11 connectors into said RJ11 receptacles.  
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4  further comprising connecting said RJ11 connectors to a standard telephone wire, and compressing said telephone wires between said base plate and an additional plate. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5  further comprising connecting said additional plate to said base plate with a plurality of screws.